[juanbenae]

dad 911 the problems he describes are consitent with a slab on grade home. no way to lift it off the foundation because there is no floor joist system to hold the thing together.

i have been in construction for many years and my x was a paraleagal for a construction defect law firm so im somewhat familar with these problems. my suggestion to anyone buy a new house,, pay somebody to walk thru the thing with you. my folks got a room addition and were tickled with it. i did the walk through with the contractor and ripped his work. my favorite is pretending like you drop and loose your keys in gaps in the trim work. i had the guy tear out the window trim and redo it. it was only paint grade but i asked him if the caulking pump truck had to run much hose to get the caulk into the house. he was pissed.

its what my frineds and i call a builders eye, you have to know what your looking for. you will pay for a PPI on a car that runs 15K, why would you not pay somebody to walk thru your new 300K house?

sorry to hear about your misfortune tabs, the developers are great until escrow closes thats when you go from a customer deserving service, to a pain in the ass in thier eyes.

toby